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during the preceding one year (including any period during which
he was not so employed due to no fault of his own) and (2) that he
is qualified as a highway maintenance man, by passing an oral exami-
ination given by said Commission, then the Commission shall certify
the name of the applicant to the State Commission of Personnel
as a highway maintenance man, and the State Commissioner of Per-
sonnel shall so classify the applicant, without any further examination
or restriction, and when so classified shall [be entitled to vacation

and sick leave to the same extent as classified employees. It is not

intended hereby that the highway maintenance men so created shall

become a part of the classified service] become a part of the classi-

fied service and become classified employees.

ARTICLE 89B

5. ALL VACANCIES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH-
WAY MAINTENANCE MEN SHALL BE FILLED BY THE
STATE ROADS COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 18 OF ARTICLE 64A OF THIS
CODE.

ARTICLE 64A
18.

(H) (I) ANY PERSON WHO FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR
HAS BEEN EMPLOYED CONTINUOUSLY (INCLUDING ANY
PERIOD DURING WHICH HE WAS NOT SO EMPLOYED DUE
TO NO FAULT OF HIS OWN) BY THE STATE ROADS COM-
MISSION AS A MAINTENANCE MAN, OR ON ROADSIDE
BEAUTIFICATION WORK, OR A MEMBER OF THE STATE
ROADS COMMISSION WEIGHING CREWS, MAY APPLY TO
THE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL FOR CLASSIFICATION
AS A HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE MAN.

(II)   IF THE APPLICANT SATISFIES THE COMMISSIONER
OF PERSONNEL (1) THAT HE HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY
EMPLOYED IN MAINTAINING STATE ROADS AND/OR
COUNTY ROADS, OR ON ROADSIDE BEAUTIFICATION WORK,
UNDER STATE SUPERVISION DURING THE PRECEDING
ONE YEAR (INCLUDING ANY PERIOD DURING WHICH HE
WAS NOT SO EMPLOYED DUE TO NO FAULT OF HIS OWN)
AND (2) THAT HE IS QUALIFIED AS A HIGHWAY MAINTE-
NANCE MAN, THEN THE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL
SHALL CERTIFY THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT TO THE
STATE ROADS COMMISSIONER COMMISSION AS ELIGIBLE
FOR APPOINTMENT AS A HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE MAN,
AND ANY MAN SO APPOINTED SHALL BECOME A PART OF
THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE.

(III)   ALL PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE ROADS
COMMISSION IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF "HIGHWAY
MAINTENANCE MAN", AS OF JUNE 1, 1961 SHALL BECOME
PART OF THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE WITHOUT FURTHER
EXAMINATION.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved March 23, 1961.